As an apprentice, I dreaded redlines—the red ink corrections that covered my drawings. Now I see them for what they are: not judgment, but guidance. Life works the same way. Mistakes are not erasing us; they are refining our design.

Success isn’t every line drawn or every dream fulfilled. In building and in life, most things get cut, erased, or reshaped. What matters is what survives. What stands. That’s where success lives.